How Have I Joined Krsna Consciouness?

1. Why have you joined to associate with krsna consciousness?

i was always interested in yoga, in meditation, seeking peacefulness within myself. I believed that practicing meditation will bring inner peace and happy life. but none has helped me to achieved what i was seeking for. What I had practiced for years just gave me a temporary results.

I then met most loved mataji, sucharu mataji, whose my class mate introduced me to KC. She told about why we should stop eating meat and go for vegetarian? she even brought me prasadam (curry potatoes :) which was never be my favorite choice but I tasted it just make her happy but it tasted really really good. I joined KC because of curiously and yes, it was not very convinced me from the very beginning that practising KC one will achieve ultimate truth of life. Sucharu mtj gave me a big Bhagavad gita book and said :" I have very nice book for you, please read it and come to our center just right the next soi. My father is coming next week and he is very pleased to see you?". I was not a well-reading person, esp in english edition. I agreed to come back the next day and i met my Guru maharaja - HH Kavicandra Swami - he gave a lecture. After the lecture, everyone staying in the circle around him and he started to ask how everyone is doing? sucharu mtj introduced me "Maharaj, she is my classmate and she is Vietnamese. She really loves yoga" He turned and looked straight into my eyes, smiled and said "Hare Krshna". There was something in his look, his sweet mercy smile, something ...i can't find the right words to describe but I felt something touch my soul.

Making a commitment to KC was very difficult for me at that point but I kept engaging myself to KC and associating with devotees with little services. Eventually, I found myself the real happiness in serving devotees and be with devotees but I wasn't